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Birmingham Pil-Hfold Friday Octabf 79 19H Cullman Demos say omission of photo was unintentional CULLMAN Democratic Party officials in Cullman County say they did not intentionally leave out a picture of Supreme Court candidate Oscar Adams in an advertisement urging voters to vote a straight Democratic ticket Adams is the only black on the ballot for statewide office under the Democratic Party banner Scott Davis chairman of the Cullman County Democratic Party Executive Committee said yesterday there was not enough room to include pictures of all the party's candidates so the local party opted for running mostly pictures of candidates in Cullman County races The only Democratic candidates for statewide office pictured were George Wallace governor Bill Baxley lieutenant governor and Charles Graddick attorney general Baxley is opposed by a minor party candidate and Graddick has no opposition regret not putting Oscar Adams and not putting the women on there but that's the way it goes when you're trying to get them all put into a full page ad like that" Davis said The women he jeferred to were Annie Laurie Gunter the party's candidate for staid treasurer and Jan Cook candidate for state auditor By Strpkn UMn Getting the trick before Halloween ELECT RUSS VANN HOUSE DISTRICT 36 NOV 21982 592-9499 (NO I AM NOT RELATED TO DAVID VANN) PAD Pa ADV BY RUSS VANN and Sunday night If this "rolled" yard is any indication some people are getting into the spirit a little early Toilet paper covers the front yard of a home at 1640 Bobolink prive the apparent victim of a Halloween trick Most trick-or-treating will be going on in the Birmingham area tomorrow night Several races contested in Shelby County Wolfe who lives off Valley Dale Road in North Shelby was an FBI agent in Washington DC for more than two years and a policeman in Arlington Va for 10 years Owner of Commercial Polygraph Inc and Commercial Freight Service Wolfe received a degree in administrative justice from American University in Washington A 12-year incumbent will face an accountant with no previous experience in public office in the clerk's race for the 18th circuit court The incumbent Democrat Kyle Lansford 51 said he wants to experience working" for the citizens of Shelby County If re-elected Lansford said he would "keep giving professional service and taking care of the people's needs as they come into the office" Lansford of Wilsonville said the clerk's office has been complimented by Chief Justice CC Torbert for its efficiency and effectiveness under his administration Republican Ruth Fincher (4 Hoover would like to replace Lansford as circuit clerk An accountant at Jefferson Federal Savings -and Loan she said the clerk's office needs to be more efficient and fairer in its selection of poll workers Mrs Fincher 38 is a member of the League of Women Voters a public relations coordinator for Delta Gamma fraternity and does volunteer work URGENT LIQUIDATION AUCTION GOING OUT OF BUSINESS DUE TO FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES GULF STATES ORIENTAL RUGS AND ANTIOUES COMPANY FORCED TO CLOSE DOORS AND ALL MERCHANDISE TO BE LIQUIDATED IN PUBLIC AUCTION TO RAISE CASH FOR CREDITORS AND PRINCIPALS INVENTORY CONSIST OF: PERSIAN AND ORIENTAL RUGS BRONZE SCULPTURE ART Auction will take place Sunday October 31 2pm Partial listing of merchandise: ORIENTAL RUGS Small to palace size new and old Isphan Qum Tabriz Kashmiri Ka-shan Sarouk Chinese Bokhara and more BRONZE SCULPTURE Western and European after Barye Fortay Kauba Remington Russell and more (including "Coming Thru the ART Oil paintings lithographs etc by Mucha Chaghall Picasso and more CENTURY INTERNATIONAL AUCTIONEERS LIQUIDATORS Terms: CMhwdwek SHERATON MOUNTAIN BROOK AUC A Wainer Hh proper LO MOOHwyMO A resident of Indian Springs in North Shelby Mrs Whitman is also the president of the District School Board Association Another Indian Springs resident also wants the Place 2 seat on the county board of education Lynn Argo a Republican said if elected she will work to create a "master plan" for the Shelby County system including county-wide policy and curriculum guidelines Mrs Argo 27 said the county needs to pur chase school buses and establish a priority system for building school facilities Mrs Argo is a trustee at Valley Elementary School and was publisher of the North Shelby School News for two years A receptionist at Commercial Polygraph in Hoover Mrs Argo has been co-president of the Shelby County PTO The county sheriffs race pits an incumbent Democrat against a Republican security consultant with two years in the FBL Sheriff JF Glasgow is seeking a second term promising professional progressive effective law Former president of the Alabama Sheriffs Association and a member of the FVaternal Order of Police Glasgow cites an 9 percent county-wide population increase with a 33 percent overall crime decrease during his administration Glasgow said if re-elected he plans to upgrade the department and to to catch up to the rapid growth we've had in tee Before becoming sheriff Glasgow was chief deputy in Shelby County for six years a supervisor at A hex corporation in Calera and on the Alabaster pollce force i His opponent 44-year old Clyde Wolfe said he wants to "reorganize the department into an effective law enforcement agency" The county is suffering from organized gambling and increased narcotics usage in the schools because the sheriffs department have the training equipment or leadership Wolfe said There will be several contested races on the ballot in Shelby County Tuesday Two seats on the Shelby County Board of Education are being contested Place 1 on the board is currently held by Democrat Paul Sumners 61 Sumners appointed to the board in 1977 is concluding his first five-year term A retired electrical foreman from Harpert-ville Sumners served 10 years as a trustee in the Vincent school district If elected Sumners said he will establish permanent classrooms for all Shelby county students and will try to maintain a low teacher-pupil ratio in those classrooms Sumners said he would like to make it possible for all 5-year-olds in the county to attend kindergarten Giving all kindergarten-age children a place to go to school is also a goal of opponent Republican A1 Knight Knight 41 said the kindergarten proposal is one of his "new directions for Shelby County If elected he said he would like to see more communication between the school system and the public systematic personnel evaluations and monthly reports from the school superintendent to parents A project manager for South Central Bell where he has worked for 20 years Knight agrees that Shelby students need permanent classrooms A resident of the Shadowfarook Subdivision in North Shelby Knight is a member of the board of trustees at Valley Elemetary School -Barbara Whitman 44 the Democratic incumbent in Place 2 on the board said she wants to be re-elected because gotten a lot of things started and fd like to help finish them" Mrs Whitman is the former president of the Pelham PTA and serves on the boards of directors of Shelby Youth Services the Alabama Arthritis Foundation and the Visiting Nurses Association MCI Women battle for circuit clerk job dr PoUy Conradi Frances Little Republican Margaret Dillon know what a good job I've done We've consistently had the best audit in the As circuit clerk she says her most important duty is to maintain the integrity of files from all the courts She also is responsible for the maintenance of evidence and instituted a which articles are bagged tagged and niimt The circuit clerk issues all felony warrants and those misdemeanor warrants that originate in the county Mrs Conradi is proud of her work with businesses and individuals who seek to obtain garnishments or to file small claims Videotaped Instructions teach people how to file small claims in the county a very satisfying Through a granl she helped institute a microfilm system for files 'That system which copied some 500000 documents the first half of this year has been halted because of the state's proration dictate "If the courthouse had light switches it would have microfilm That's not an Mrs Little said By Katharine Biele Pmt-Herald Reporter Jefferson County Republicans are taking a stab at the election process in a bid this year to take over the circuit clerk's office What normally might be a ho-hum campaign has heated up as conservative Frances Little takes on Polly Conradi for being a stamp in the election process" But' Mrs Conradi who has been a fixture at the courthouse since 1976 believes the criticism is a futile and misinformed attempt of the Republicans to get on the election commission Mrs Conradi Sheriff Mel Bailey and Probate Judge OH Florence compose the Jefferson County Election Commission whose duty it is to appoint election officers for the polls Mrs Conradi believes the Republicans chose her to oppose because Bailey is unbeatable and because they couldn't find a lawyer to run against Florence responsibility as circuit clerk would be to guard our freedoms and what is more sacred than to guard our ballots?" Mrs Little said No 1 priority would be to assure properly administered elections by an informed and qualified staff of election officials and not to bend to political pressures" The elections became as issue in the September primary this year when poll workers misplaced or lost paper ballots used after a new reapportion ment plan was approved "I cannot change one Mrs Conradi said "The Legislature sets the districts and the registrar sets the voting places and the numbers of She has excused herself from the election commission this year because of her own campaign The political parties recommend poll workers and inspectors to the commission which then appoints them don't have any choice as far as who's Florence said "We just try to distribute them and keep some experienced people at the But Mrs Little believes the election commission has been biased toward the Democrats Of the 100 names turned in by the Republican party only one was chosen as a chief inspector "All were put at polling places and we had trouble at only one box where Republicans were Mrs Little said it's not her responsibility to see that there are competent polling officials she needs to say who is responsible It's been going on for years and they have not removed incompetent polling Mrs Conradi now 61 was appointed circuit clerk in April 1976 by unanimous vote of the circuit court judge! 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